Cornel West Takes on Obama

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WSJ Staff

May 20, 2011 7:30 pm ET

Philosopher and Princeton Professor Cornel West sparked controversy this week with comments he made about President Obama. In an interview with Truthdig, he lambasted the President for failing to deliver on alleged campaign promises and took aim at the President’s connection to the black community. West complained that Obama hadn’t called him back and refused to provide inauguration tickets for West’s mother and brother. He also said that Obama is “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats. And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it.”

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